When Salma becomes pregnant before marriage in her small village in
the Levant, her innocent days playing the pipe for her goats are
gone for ever. She is swept into prison for her own protection. To
the sound of her screams, her newborn baby daughter is snatched
away. In the middle of the most English of towns, Exeter, she
learns good manners from her landlady, and settles down with an
Englishman. But deep in her heart the cries of her baby daughter
still echo. When she can bear them no longer, she goes back to her
village to find her. It is a journey that will change everything -
and nothing. Slipping back and forth between the olive groves of
the Levant and the rain-slicked pavements of Exeter, "My Name is
Salma" is a searing portrayal of a woman's courage in the face of
insurmountable odds.